Author: Kashinath T

Microsoft November 2017 Patch Tuesday addresses 53 security vulnerabilities in six of it’s main product categories. Amoung these 19 CVE’s are rated as Critical, 31 are rated as Important, and 3 are moderate. None of the Windows OS patches are rated as critical, and there are no zero days patched in this month. But according […]

Adobe has unleashed security patches for most of its major products in its November security updates. Security updates include products, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Connect, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe DNG Converter, Adobe Digital Editions, and Adobe shock player. Total of 83 vulnerabilities have been issued with patch, which includes […]

A major ransomware attack named “BadRabbit” is disrupting systems across Europe. The attack has been spreading wildly. BadRabbit locks out a user from login and demands a ransom worth of ~300$ in BitCoin. Some of the countries that are targeted are Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Russian victims were the biggest targets accounting to about 71% of […]

A major new security flaw has been discovered and it affects practically every device that uses Wi-Fi. Its called KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks), and its very easy for attackers to decrypt and spy on anything a victim do online, which includes any passwords that a victim types or any documents sent can be seen by […]

Over 5.3 billion devices across windows, Linux, ios, and android are affected with a new attack vector called BlueBorne. Unless traditional attacks, this attack vector spreads over the air via Bluetooth and hacker does not need to pair with each device. If Bluetooth is turned on, the hacker can get control of the device, spread the malware, […]

CCleaner is a system cleanup tool by Piriform, which is now owned by Avast. A suspicious activity was identified on September 12th, 2017, where an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner. Later it was found that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner was illegally modified before it was released […]